Events & Opportunities
April 10, 2024
Conversation Project: Can We Get Along?
Rodney King’s iconic question still resonates today. Despite decades of social justice movements, police brutality and divisions persist in the United States. COVID-19 has only added more challenges. How can we connect to each other during these times? What holds us back from connecting with each other? How do our personal experiences contribute to barriers, or and have the potential to break them down? Join facilitator Chisao Hata as she holds space to examine individual questions on race, cultural values, and what brings us together and what separates us.
4:00 p.m., Linfield University, McMinnville
April 11, 2024
Facilitation Training for Libraries
Oregon Humanities will present two trainings in 2024 for staff, board members, volunteers, and program partners of Oregon libraries. These trainings will help people involved with libraries strengthen their skills in leading conversations about vital issues and ideas across differences, beliefs, and backgrounds. With the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence as a jumping off point, participants will learn about facilitation and reflective conversation, practice new skills and techniques, and learn to design and facilitate conversations that allow people and groups to learn more about themselves and each other.
This training will take place at Southern Wasco County Libary over the following days:
- Day 1: Thursday, April 11, and 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Day 2: Friday, April 12, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Click here to register for this training.
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Southern Wasco County Library, Maupin
April 18, 2024
Conversation Project: What Does Democracy Require?
As we begin, however tentatively, to move into a new moment in US political life, calls for unity are often met with skepticism and disdain. But perhaps unity is the wrong measure of democracy anyway. What if we ask instead, Who are our people? Where do we belong? In this moment coming out of the pandemic, let’s think together about expanding the scope of our people and what it means to belong so that we can consider what democracy requires of us and for us in this fraught moment.
6:00 p.m., Happy Valley Library, Happy Valley
May 1, 2024
Oregon Humanities Live
Join the editors of Oregon Humanities magazine to celebrate the release of our Spring 2024 issue with an evening featuring recent contributors Astra Lincoln, Jordan Marzka, Rosanna Nafziger, and others. This is a free, all-ages event. No tickets or advance registration required.
7:00 p.m., Honey Latte Cafe, Portland
May 4, 2024
Unpacking Our Past: History as a Catalyst for Change
Oregon has a particularly unique history of racial injustice that in some ways mirrors and in other ways is distinct from the larger history of racial oppression that exists in our nation as a whole. As Oregonians, we’ve inherited these histories, and their legacies connect to present-day injustices. But what does it look like to confront them, as individuals and communities? And beyond that, how might we come together to shape those histories being written today?
12:30 to 3:30 p.m., Historic Alberta House, Portland
May 11, 2024
Getting to the Root of It: Growing Movements from the Ground Up
No matter who we are or where we live, we all have the capacity to move the needle of change in our communities. This is a So Much Together workshop about taking action for people who may not yet see themselves as activists.
1:00 to 4:00 p.m., Works Real Estate, Portland
May 16, 2024
Reflective Conversation Training (in-person)
This training will take place at Klamath Community College over the following days:
- Day 1: Thursday, May 16, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Day 2: Friday, May 17, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Read more about this training or register to participate.
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Klamath Community College, Klamath Falls
June 22, 2024
As Often as the Bold: Fear, Community, Movement, and Change
Fear is central to our human experience, a powerful force that extends beyond our individual lives into political and cultural realms. In an uncertain world, the opportunities for fear to take root and spread are infinite. In this So Much Together workshop, we take a non-judgmental approach to fear, viewing it not as our enemy—but as a catalyst for self-discovery and transformation.
12:30 to 3:30 p.m., Historic Alberta House, Portland
July 25, 2024
Reflective Conversation Training (virtual)
The virtual facilitation training will take place online via Zoom over the following sessions:
- Day 1: Thursday, July 25, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Day 2: Friday, July 26, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Day 3: Friday, August 2, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
To register for this virtual training, click here.
9:00 a.m., Virtual Event, statewide
August 15, 2024
Reflective Conversation Training (in-person)
This training will take place in the Oregon Humanities office in Portland over the following days:
- Day 1: Thursday, August 15, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Day 2: Friday, August 16, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
To register for the August in-person training, click here.
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Oregon Humanities, Portland